Public water system record
Aqua PA Shickshinny Lake
Serves an area of Luzerne County, PA · 250 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Aqua PA Shickshinny Lake in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 5
Key facts
- Aqua PA Shickshinny Lake draws water from 2 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, October 2004.
- Record on file since 1976, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 40 unknown out of 117 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Jul 11, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
Full record since 1976
EPA's records for Aqua PA Shickshinny Lake go back to 1976. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 234 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1980s | 0 | 15 |
| 1990s | 0 | 149 |
| 2000s | 0 | 67 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Groundwater Rule, began August 2015, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Nov 1, 2012 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Aqua PA Shickshinny Lake and issued 5 boil water orders between 1988 and 2004. The most recent was a consent decree or court judgment in October 2004.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Dec 5, 1990 | Pennsylvania | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Jan 4, 1989 | Pennsylvania | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Dec 9, 1988 | Pennsylvania | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Aug 1, 1988 | Pennsylvania | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Jul 5, 1988 | Pennsylvania | Boil water order | 1 violation |
Where the water comes from
Aqua PA Shickshinny Lake draws water from 2 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Aqua PA Shickshinny Lake must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Aqua PA Shickshinny Lake for a copy.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Pennsylvania.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells